Wall dividing bead



Dec. 24, 1935.

A. C. DE SPIRT WALL DIVIDING BEAD Filed May 22, 1955 /7 Ivar/yer Patented Dec. 24, 1935 4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ammu- $3.: $13,173. Y. Application May 22, 1983, Serial No. 872,091!

11 Claims.

My invention relates in general to wall dividing beads used in building construction, and more particularly to-a bead used between the baseboard and the plaster or stucco of the side wall.

' It is well known to those skilled in the art that heretofore in some States, the placing of the baseboard beading was put in the terrazzo contractors specifications. This beading was placed on top .of the partly finished baseboard and was held in place in a rather temporary manner while the finishing cement work was put in place. The plaster work was put in place later, anddispute often arose as to the accuracy of alignment of the bead. So as to obviate this difficulty, some States have now put the placing of the base bead in the plasterers contract, thus putting responsibility for proper alignment upon one contractor.-

Under this arrangement, the plaster or stucco work may first be completed before the baseboard is put in, and obviously the baseboardcan not be used as a support for the base beading, as heretofore. Some means must, therefore, be

7 provided for securing the beading in place to the Another object has been to provide -a bead which shall be inexpensive to manufacture.

Moreover, my beading is so designed that it may be conveniently secured to any of the structural supports by any of the means employed by building contractors.

Furthermore, my construction is such that bronze or non-ferrous metal may be used for the portion of thebeading which is exposed, thus meeting the specification requirements, and a less expensive metal used for the base or. holder, with convenient and inexpensive means for securing the strip in the holder.

The above objects and advantages have been accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawing, of which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my beading.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, sectional view, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

upstanding flanges II and I2, being formed by 19 folding the metal back upon itself. The material,

l3 joining the two walls forms a bottom stop at the base of the channel It thus formed. The base I!) is provided with lateral flanges which are formed with a plurality of apertures l6, whereby l5 the beading may be held in place by any one of a number of suitable means, hereinafter described. I

The beading strip is of non-ferrous metal such as bronze, and it is placed in the channel I 4 between the flanges II and 12 of the base. The channel may be slightly narrower than the thickness of the beading strip 20 so that it will be frictionally held, in place therein. I prefer, however, to form a number of elongated slots 2| in the strip near its inner edge and at such a point that the center of each slot will come about opposite the upper edges of the flanges ii and I2. After the strip is seated on the bottom wall l3, the edges of the flanges I I and I2 are forced down into the slots 2| of the strip and thus serve to securely attach the strip 20 to the base i0.

As shown in Fig. 4, where my device is illustrated as being used in connection with a structure having a hollow tile wall 22, the contractor provides a number of holes 23 through the tile where the beading is to be secured by the use of a punch or the like. A wire 24 is then threaded through the holes and one of the ends thereof is brought through one of the slots 2i, the ends being brought together and twisted at 25. Before the ends are twisted firmly together, shims 26 are driven under the flanges l5 of the base iii of the beading in the act of aligning the outer edge 21 of the strip 20. The shims 26 are preferably wedge-shaped so that they may be driven under the flange by tapping, thus providing an accurate method of bringing the edge 21 of the strip the proper distance from the wall. After the beading has been properly aligned, the ends of the wire are firmly twisted together so as to hold the heading and the shims inplace while the plastering of the side walls and cementing of the basebrick wall 30. The bricks are drilled with holes 3| at suitable intervals and opposite the place where the beading is to be secured. Wooden plugs 32 are driven into such holes, in a well known manner, and the beading is then fastened in place by large headed nails 33 which are passed through the holes I6 of the flanges [5 of the beading base. The holes I6 are preferably larger than the nails so that adjustment of the beading after initial fastening is thereby made possible. Shims 26 are also employed and when the beading has been properly aligned, the nails are driven tightly in place, thus securelyholding the beading.

As shown in Figs. 4 and '5, the outer surface of the completed plastering and the outer surface of the completed baseboard are indicated, respectively, by the dot and dash lines 35 and 36.

Instead of running the wire 24 vertically through the tile and the slots 2| of the beading, the holes I6 in the flanges I5 may be employed and wires 31 passed through such holes and through suitable holes formed in the tile wall, having the wire ends twisted together at 38, as shown in Fig. 6. Y Y

It will be clear from the foregoing that since the base It! is of T-shape cross-section, it will be very rigid and that the strip 20 held thereby will be reinforced throughout its length, thus making a wall dividing bead which is very rigid and very easy and convenient to align as well as to fasten in place.

While I have shown my invention as applied to a baseboard beading, it is obviousthat it may be used in any position where a gauge is desirable or necessary in plastering or cement work.

From the foregoing it will be clear that when either plaster or cement is applied to the wall and strip, it will pass into the indentations or slots 2| and will thus increase the bond of such plaster and cement with the strip.

Obviously, instead of the slots or holes 2| extending clear through the strip 20, a longitudinal groove or a series of indentations in the surfaces of the strips may be provided and substantially the same results accomplished. Furthermore, the strip may have its inner edge split or slotted, and the legs thus formed spread so as to resiliently hold the strip within the channel I 4 formed between the flanges II and I2 of the base, or the strip may be welded, soldered or otherwise fastened to a flat base piece. These and other modifications of the details herein shown and described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the appended claims, and I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the exact embodiment herein shown and. described, the form shown being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A wall dividing bead comprising a base formed from a single piece of material and having lateral base flanges and two upstanding interspaced flanges, apertures formed through the base flanges, and a beading strip of non-ferrous metal disposed between the upstanding flanges flanges forming an additional bond with the plasand formed. with a plurality of slots, the outer edges of the upstanding flanges being forced toward each other and into the slots of the strip, whereby the strip is securely held within the base.

3. A wall dividing bead comprising a base having upstanding, interspaced flanges arranged at substantially right angles to the base, and a beading strip of non-ferrous metal formed with indentatlons near its inner edge and disposed between the upstanding, flanges of the base, the upper edges of the flanges being forced down into the indentations to rigidly hold the strip in place Within the base, the indentations forming an additional bond with the plaster of the wall.

4. A wall dividing bead comprising a base having upstanding, interspaced flanges arranged at substantially right angles to the base, and a beading strip of non-ferrous metal formed with a plurality of slots and disposed between the upstanding flanges of the base, the upper edges of the 20 flanges being forced down into the slots to securely hold the strip in place within the base, the slots in the strip and indentations in the flanges forming an additional bond with the plaster of the wall.

5. The combination with a building wall, of a wall dividing bead, comprising a base having upstanding, interspaced flanges arranged at substantially right angles to the base, a beading strip of non-ferrous metal formed with a plurality of slots and disposed between the upstanding flanges of the base, the upper edges of the flanges being forced down into the slots to securely hold the strip in place within the base, the slots in the strip and the indentations in the flanges forming an additional bond with the plaster of the wall, and means engaging with some of said slots and the building wall for fastening the strip to the wall.

6. The combination with a building wall, of a wall dividing bead, comprising a base having lateral flanges and upstanding, interspaced flanges arranged at substantially right angles to the base, a beading strip of non-ferrous metal formed with a plurality of slots and disposed between the upstanding flanges of the base, the upper edges of the flanges being forced down into the slots to securely hold the strip in place within' the base, the slots in the strip and the indentations in the 50 ter of the wall and-means for adjusting and holding the dividing bead so that the outer edge of the beading strip is in proper position and alignment. i

7. The combination with a building wall, of a wall dividing bead, comprising a base having an attaching flange and an upstanding bead flange at substantially right angles to the attaching flange, a beading strip of non-ferrous metal, means for securing said bead to said base, and means for adjusting and holding the dividing bead so that the outer edge of the bead is in proper position and alignment. 7

8. A wall dividing bead comprising a beading strip of non-ferrous metal, and a base of inferior metal, the base being formed with lateral flanges, flush with the back surface thereof, and, on the front surface thereof, with two interspaced resilient flanges extending forwardly from the base and arranged at substantially right angles thereto, the strip being rigidly held between said resilient flanges.

9. A wall dividing bead comprising a base formed of a single piece of inferior metal and/ having lateral base flanges, flush with the back surface of the base, and, on the front surface thereof, with two interspaced resilient flanges extending forwardly from the front surface of the base and arranged at substantially right angles thereto, a beading strip of non-ferrous metal disposed between the resilient flanges of the base, and means for rigidly securing the base and strip together.

10. The combination with a building wall, of a wall dividing bead, comprising a base of inferior metal having an attaching flange, flush with the back surface thereof, and, a bead flange extending from the front surface of the base and at substantially right angles to the attaching flange. a

beading strip of'non-rerrous metal, and means for securing said bead to said base.

11. The combination with a building wall formedof a terrazzo base-board and plaster, of a wall dividing bead arranged between the baseboard and the plaster comprising a substantially flat base of inferior metal having its back substantially flush, said base being arranged substantially parallel to the face of the wall, and a beading strip of non-ferrous metal arranged at 10 ATTILIO C. DE SPIRT. 

